With drones at least you can have them protect somebody, that might be what he means... so if somebody attacks his main, the drones will respond..

and skilled drones in a domi are MEAN ( i know, my main guy has gallente bs 5 and maxed drone skills ). 2 domis like that would tear stuff up. Couple that with the CNR which is a beast on its own... thats a good setup.

My problem with the drones is I dont like to have to deal wtih them getting blown up, and i dont like dealing with disconnects and having to reclaim the drones, too big of a PITA.

Regarding the orca... i know it has all kinds of tractor bonuses and a big cargo hold so that makes sense. Did you salvage from it? I need to go look and see how many highs it has.